Pluribus Networks is putting its Pluribus Open Netvisor Linux OS on the hardware giant's Open Networking switches in a software-defined networking partnership.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Things are moving smartly forward in the world of upstart, disruptive networking technologies such as software-defined networking and network functions virtualization, as open source stewards in both camps have come out with new software releases.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two new datacenters in Canada will bring the global total to 22.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 06/08/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Blue Box and Piston are swallowed up by Cisco and IBM.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The number of independent OpenStack vendors is rapidly shrinking.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 06/03/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The study also found that two out three organizations have  more than 50 percent of workloads virtualized.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Service providers have many uptime guarantees. Which one  you choose should be dictated on a workload-by-workload basis.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 06/01/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    InterCloud Systems today launched a new cloud service to provide a lab environment for companies wishing to prove concepts based on modern, emerging software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Axcient offers full deduplication of data both locally and in the cloud.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 05/27/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In this first installment on moving to a hybrid cloud, our fictional company decides on the cloud provider and creates  the infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
 - 05/22/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Its Magic Quadrant report says AWS has a "multiyear" advantage over Microsoft and Google clouds.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 05/21/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Workspace Cloud gets its first public demonstration, at its Synergy conference.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 05/20/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the goal of simplifying deployment of new-age networking technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), PLUMgrid Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. have teamed up to tackle OpenStack automation. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Are you gaining flexibility or unwittingly setting yourself up for lock-in?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 05/18/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The results come via an annual report by Nasuni.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 05/15/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Switch Networks today announced its upgraded software-defined networking offering now supports VMware NSX virtualization. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How to leverage Security Assertion Markup  Language  to pass authentication information to Salesforce.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PLUMgrid is partnering with Cumulus Networks to offer the benefits of software-defined networking in OpenStack environments running on bare-metal hardware. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A three-hour keynote touched on a bit of everything, including Microsoft Azure, Windows and security.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 05/05/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Simplified upgrades is another feature, including rolling upgrades for Hyper-V.